Old School Hack

Books

WAY OUT OF DATE. This source book for Old School Hack includes all the base rules and some of my rulings. There are 40 templates, and hundreds of talents, as well as magic systems with greater depth for clerics and wizards.

Fictive’s Portable Pantheon 2012

fictive’s portable pantheon poster

WAY OUT OF DATE. This source book for Old School Hack includes 18 deities (including the 5 from “Talents and Templates”) and provision for other sources of divine energy. Systems for generating groups of followers for the gods and ways to set up conflicts between them randomly expand the usefulness of the pantheon. An overall history of energy in the Breathing World is a loose framework to put theology and magic and the various fantasy races in perspective.

I have used the randomizer in this book to provide inspiration for these religious organizations from the Dragonslayer Pantheon, available through Chubby Monster games.

1. Order of the Sacred Deep
2. The Stitching Church
3. The Brass Horseshoe
4. Silent Bite
5. Cult of Summation
6. Temple of Celestial Revolution

Scenarios

Here are the scenarios I have written for Old School Hack.

• OSH The Road to Baffram. A modular escort mission.
  • Report! (Actual Play)
• OSH The Tireless Archer. A site-based adventure.
  • Report! (Actual Play)
• OSH Lopelia Alchemal Fortress Ruin. A stocked geomorph dungeon.
  • Report! (Actual Play)

Adapted Scenarios

These scenarios are adapted from other people’s work, for Old School Hack.

• OSH Down and Out in Gothmagog Summary interpretation of “Down and Out in Gothmagog” by Jeff Rients in Secret Santicore.

• OSH Tomb of the Trog Mummies. Random donjon dungeon, for characters level 5+. A random 8th level donjon dungeon (here).

Character Sheet

.pdf version.  Old School Hack Character Record 12.11

Word version. Old School Hack Character Record 12.11

Other Things

Whatever else is OSH related.

• Old School Hack Headgear
  • Based on BX Headgear posted here by B/X Blackrazor.
• Why Are Characters Together? (Draft)
  • Based on 100 Reasons adventurers know each other. Posted here by B/X Blackrazor.
• The Web Walker. Dhengellin
• Silvergate Magic weapons and spells adapted from the “Wizards, Warriors, and YOU!” Choose-Your-Own-Adventure style book.
• Keying Geomorphs
• OSH Rhythm and Distance. Talents and system inspired by console fighting games, for OSH.
• Cannon and War Donkey post, now with Magic! (Legendary) Cannon and War Donkey as a .pdf summary.
• Hayzott the Burnished Campaign Journal
• Standing Watch
• Rapid Random Battlefields
• Alternative way to level together as a table.

Draft Bestiaries. This isn’t totally organized, I just needed some monsters to play with…

• 3.x DnD to OSH Conversion Advice
• Old School Hack Monsters 1
• OSH Fungaloids

Excellent Links. This is not comprehensive, but it’s a place to keep track of really neat stuff I’ve seen for Old School Hack.

• OSH Player’s Handbook posted here by Barsoomcore.
• OSH Monsters suggestions posted here by Barsoomcore.
• Random Adventure Generator by OFTHEHILLPEOPLE.

Hacked Versions. What else have people done with the base system?

• Hack Effect. Hacked by Aaron Kavli, based on the video game Mass Effect. Check it out!
• Fallout hack by Machine Age Productions is great!
• Have a look at Dark Heritage by Joshua.
• Dino Pirates of Ninja Island hack by Cory Reid!
• OSH Magitech Classes by MacLeod.
• SMOSH (Some More Old School Hack) by GreatFrito.
• Shadowhack by Zack Wolf at Sentient Games; Shadowrun version.
• Old School Hats by Jason Mical. Shoot ‘em up!
• Thief sneaky gritty fantasy by me.
• Fictive Hack adaptation by me.
• Mash-Up by Scrap Princess.